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btrfs has a problem with it's image as being unreliable (some well deserved). Redhat obsoleted it, because they use kernel 3.10 in RHEL7 and they were doing not
by vetinari 8y ago
btrfs has a problem with it's image as being unreliable (some well deserved). Redhat obsoleted it, because they use kernel 3.10 in RHEL7 and they were doing nothing but backporting, without having any btrfs expertise in house anyway. Btrfs continues to be developed by Oracle, Suse, Facebook, Fujitsu and the rest of the usual suspects.
- walrus01 8y agoRHEL is famous for using kernels that are ancient, even by the notoriously conservative and risk averse debian-stable standards. I can't even imagine the hassle of backporting stuff from much newer kernels into 3.10 to make btrfs work. If you want to use btrfs in production (not the best idea, IMHO, but orgs such as facebook do it) you absolutely need to be running a 4.9.x or better kernel.
- snuxoll 8y agoCalling them ancient is a bit unfair, they regularly backport hardware support and select other features from newer kernels. Unlike other distributions, however, they have a stable kernel ABI for an entire release, so they can’t bring in changes that break white listed symbols.